Categoria: Emilia Romagna Articoli

If you are not familiar with this city it is not difficult to immediately become friends, the city of Piacenza is easy to visit and walking through its streets becomes a pleasure for the curious.

First detail I want to emphasize is the beauty of its buildings, if you are architects or just fans of perfection, here you will see corners in harmony with the environment; if like me, you adore decorated entrances and wrought iron gates, then you just have to quickly enter every door you find open, contemplate and take a picture.

The palaces as the most grandiose ‘Palazzo Farnese’ will hold you with the neck upwards in every room you enter and you can perceive the glitz of an era that has decided the foundations of our society, never forget that Italy has had important families and lordship and with the fundamental influence to manage the ranks of Europe.

This importance can be seen in every glimpse that a skilled eye can admire in the squares, palaces, churches and statues that are frequently present, this not only to embellish the city itself, but to mark the single passage in the history of those who lived, political or prayed in the city of Piacenza.

A suggestion I give to those who are passionate about Art is the ‘Ricci-Oddi’ gallery which presents, in a marvelous and geometric structure, a large collection with the pictorial techniques of each region of Italy in the twentieth century; he is particularly honored to Antonio Fontanesi of Reggio Emilia who in 1876 was called to teach art in the city of Tokyo.

What is striking about this collection is the number of paintings that represent women and the moment of the Toeletta, as if to underline the beauty of the female body and the ease in yielding to it, just like the most irresistible of sins.

After the profane you need a touch of sacredness to get to the right balance of a visit, so do not miss the Dome of the Cathedral where you can admire the work of Guercino from above 27mt watch and witness the total silence of the majestic cathedral dated 1122 which is only altered by the sound of its beautiful organ.

Today we are used to advertising, marketing improved to sell more, each sales technique is accepted if it reaches its goal; many centuries before social media or catalogs the way to communicate was to write on the facades of houses ‘hospites accipimus’ and in Piacenza it is still visible on some buildings, while I let you discover what ‘Benvegnù’ is.

Let’s finish the trip with the food, here it is mandatory to taste DOP cold cuts, the Gutturnio still or sparkling strictly in the bowl and Tortelli with the tail whose filling is a mousse that for the duration of lunch will make you forget any stress, my time Relaxation has been at the ‘Osteria d’una volta’ which, as the name suggests, is presented in a familiar and welcoming style, as if it were part of a family for the duration of lunch.

This is what WoWu has seen in a day and it is the first story she has told, it is up to you to continue the story and discover the ending.

Nessun campo trovato.

WE ARE OFTEN USED TO LOOK IN FRONT, SIDE OR OVER OUR HEADS, BUT WE FORGET TOO EASILY BELOW THAT WE HAVE A WORLD STILL ACTIVE; THE EMILIA ROMAGNA AS ALL THE ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN TERRITORY HIDES STORIES AND TREASURES LONG THE ENTIRE REGION.

IF YOU THINK TO BE ABLE INDIANA JONES AND YOU WANT TO GO BEYOND THE HORIZON AND WHAT IS EASY TO SEE, THEN YOU ARE THE RIGHT CANDIDATES TO DISCOVER THE MOST PRECIOUS THIS REGION HAS TO OFFER AND WHICH STORIES ENCOUNTER WITH THE ROADS BELOW TO OUR FEET.

WE START FROM THE CELLARS: THESE ARE PLACES OF PRECIOUSNESS TO SEASON AND PRESERVE THE PRODUCTS THAT ALL WE KNOW BETTER LIKE HAMS, CHEESES AND WINES; KEY ELEMENT THAT ENCOURAGES THIS INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATION IS THE HUMIDITY OF OUR EARTH THAT HELPS THIS PROCESS OF CREATION OF PRODUCTS AS CULATELLO AND FOSSA CHEESE.

HERE ARE SOME PLACES THAT I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO VISIT AND THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE WATERING IN THE MOUTH.

ANCIENT COURT PALLAVICINA AT POLESINE PARMENSE: THIS COURT WILL OFFER YOU A PRIVATE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN A STARRY RESTAURANT AND A FORMIDABLE OSTERIA OF THE PIG, ON REQUEST YOU CAN VISIT THE CELLAR THAT CONTAINS THE CULATELLO OF ZIBELLO AND THROUGH THE ROOMS FOR THE DIFFERENT SEASONING, ALSO YOU CAN SEE CULATELLI BOOKED BY ROYAL.

THE FOSSE DI MONDAINO ARE THE RESULT OF A REDISCOVERED TRADITION THAT ALLOWS TO LIVE AN ANCIENT HISTORY IN DANTE’S COSTUME AND TASTE A HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT.

HERE THE CELLARS ARE VERY DIFFUSED, WORKING AND STILL PRESENTED, I SIGNAL THE ENOTECA OF EMILIA ROMAGNA PRESENT AT DOZZA AS A PLACE THAT WILL MAKE YOU A COMPLETE PRESENTATION OF THE WINE PRODUCTS OF THIS REGION.

WE CONTINUE WITH CAVES: HERE THE SITUATION IS EXPANDED AND YOU CAN FIND MAGIC PLACES, OF WHICH STILL MANY STUDIES ARE IN SEARCH OF A PRECISE ORIGIN; IF YOU VISIT THESE HIDDEN PLACES, YOU WILL MAKE A JUMP IN HYPOTHED STORIES AND THAT BRING THE GREAT CONTRIBUTION OF THE PAST TO THE LIGHT WHICH WE TAKE THE RESULTS TODAY.

I SIGNAL VERY CHARMING THE GESSO ROMAGNOLA SCREEN PARK WHICH CHARACTERIZES SOME VISITABLE CAVES AND OPENING EYES AN INCREDIBLE MINERAL SHOW, YOU WILL HAVE ACKNOWLEDGE OF HOW A WALL SPEAKS WITHOUT NEEDING WORDS.

UNDER SANTARCANGELO DI ROMAGNA INSTEAD THERE IS AN ENTIRE AND COMPLEX PLANIMETRY THAT DISCOVERS THE CAVES USED IN TIME OF WAR TO PROTECT FROM THE BOMBARDMENTS, BUT IN A MORE REMOTE PAST WE SPECULATE DIFFERENT STORIES, BETWEEN PLACES OF CULT OR FOR THE MEETING OF SECRET GROUPS, NOW IN MODERN EPOCA, REMAIN CELLARS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FOODS AND YOU WILL FIND STILL VISITABLE IN RESTAURANTS WITH TYPICAL CUISINE.

WE FINISH WITH SECRET PASSAGES: THESE HAVE CHARACTERIZED ALL EUROPE AND ALL ITS CITIES IN AN EPOCA WHERE THE TIES OF POWER AND THE CONQUEST STORIES WERE ALWAYS ON THE RAZOR WIRE AND FOR THIS THE ONLY SECURE PLACE WHERE TO HIDE IT WAS UNDERLYING.

BOLOGNA IS THE CITY EMBLEM THAT IS POSSIBLE TO VISIT TWICE, BUT IT WILL ASTOUND YOU OVER 1000 TIMES; HER, THE ‘DOTTA’, HIDES A SERIES OF CHANNELS THAT SHOW ANOTHER WORLD AND ANOTHER ECONOMY, THAT OF SILK;

LET YOURSELVES TO TRANSPORT FROM THE CURIOSITY OF DISCOVER WHAT IS BELIEVED AS A GREAT CITY AS BOLOGNA AND YOU WILL DECIDE WHAT YOU ENJOY MORE.

NOTE A VERY IMPORTANT THING ON THIS REGION, WHEN YOU WILL BE IN ANY TOWN AND IF YOU WILL BE LUCKY, YOU CAN ASK FOR ELDERLY WITH THE MEMORY OF IRON TO TELL YOU A HISTORY, THESE WILL TELL ABOUT TUNNELS THAT STILL HAVE TREASURES HIDDEN BY THOSE WHO WANTED TO STEAL OR FROM WHICH THEY WANTED TO PROTECT.

IT SAYS THAT YOU CAN NOT JUDGE A BOOK ONLY FROM THE COVER, SO YOU TAKE THE RISK OF SEEING HOW END EVERY HISTORY YOU WANT TO READ, CERTAINLY IN EMILIA ROMAGNA YOU WILL NOT REMAIN DISSAPOINTED FROM THE FINAL.

When you are born in a land of myths and legends, the only effort you have to make is to be able to observe, listen and understand that the wealth you will find here, you will hardly find it in other lands.

Inspiration is not a simple thing, because one must have a significant mental and sentimental openness to recognize beauty and be able to explain it to the world.

A prominent element that characterizes the Emilia Romagna region is the pride that sweeps away the idea, even remotely, of envy for the talent of our fellow countrymen; indeed, the sense of silent pride we have, is among the highest forms of respect and gratitude, to the land that is home and which gives everything necessary to be successful.

Here there is a beautiful aspect in lifestyle both in small and large towns: life is divided between sacred and profane.

The first characteristic is given by to the history of the Christian influence that this land has, while the second is a distant legacy of the French and has entered strongly in our DNA.

A clarification is a must, here sacred and profane coexist because without one the other cannot exist and I believe that the Emilia-Romagna people know how to manage the compromise with extreme capacity.

I have no pretense that my words have a clear meaning for everyone, there are things that are explained with difficulty and that perhaps explain is useless; My intent is to humbly try to explain how much wealth there is in Emilia Romagna from its products to its lifestyle and why it’s worth discovering it.

Let’s start from the hands: from the dirty ones of a farmer who patiently cultivates a land that produces products among the most precious and known in the world, those who wrote poetry, stories and songs enriching the literary landscape with events of the humble countryside life and small colored villages of an almost enlightened fantasy, there are hands that have directed orchestras for the first time in New York and with the same punished musicians to achieve perfection, there are the hands of artisans who work such materials as ceramics sublime, finally there are hands that have contributed to the art world with their naive and eclectic visions.

Let’s move on to the voices: we boast voices that have been heard by the whole world and as much as they have vibrated their vocal cords in the same way they have made the heart vibrate and come the goose bumps. A recurring aspect in this region is the genuineness with which we grow, we are immediately explained how important the game and the freedom to dream, that without friendship you can never have a quality life and that a woman can never make it unless, or maybe not; all this goes through songs as one of the most recognized arts of the entire peninsula.

Finally the minds: in Emilia-Romagna we can list numerous companies that have significantly influenced the entire industrial sector, both in Italy and in the world, maybe it is no coincidence that at certain levels we still scare hypothetical competitors and in history the pioneering aspect in many sectors will remain unquestioned; of minds it is obligatory to talk about it also at the academic level, because here the first university was born and this underlines how much desire to know and to hand down has always been there.

Dreaming is a practice that grows tending to lose, but here instead it seems that dreaming is a constant that led to create, for example, objects recognizable only by the noise of their engines.

As already mentioned, I do not pretend to be understood, but I have the humble intention to convey the vision I have of the best land I know and why one should visit it at least once in life.

Do you know what the rhythm is? Rhythm is a gift and is the best tool to win the trust of others in fact, be wary of those who do not have the rhythm in their blood.

Music, in addition to notes on a pentagram, is Magic because it knows how to remove negative thoughts, it is Passion that lights up your soul and is Therapy whose benefits, if you know how to listen, arrive immediately.

Playing an instrument is the activity that most differentiates us from other living beings, which gives that added value to life; for this reason, Music is a serious subject which even if started centuries ago is still evolving.

MUSIC IN EMILIA ROMAGNA

In this region Music has been transformed by its artists into Poetry, has been directed by the first and pioneering conductors, has found power in vocal cords capable of becoming famous all over the world; here the Music is of all the free people who let rhythm dance and red blood cells.

Here there is the tradition of telling past stories, credible ideals only when theoretical, human weakness and love, the whole always surrounded by the sense of freedom to dream and live.

In the history we remember many characters and masters who changed the musical world: Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Toscanini, Luciano Pavarotti and Zucchero Fornaciari, are some of the Big that have brought our proud and worker character around the world.

Then we remember Lucio Dalla, Guccini, Cesare Cremonini, Vasco Rossi and LucianoLigabue, who have transformed everyday life into notes and given value to themost daily habits.

In Bologna since 1971 the Music is taught at an academic level (DAMS) and this, in 2006, brought the recognition of ‘Creative City of Music’ by UNESCO.

The streets of Bologna have a predominantly Jazz character, but you can also find Underground, Classical and Italian music, each with its own space and without prejudices.

Parma has its ‘Festival Verdi’ which every year in October reminds of the importance of opera in its theaters and attracts fans from all over the world.

Even the Riviera offers a diversified musical world, it attracts younger generations who are always looking for fun and dance on the dance floor, but you can also find orchestras that with their ballads and waltz make dance intrepid old men.

The importance of Music can also be seen in the structures you can find along the region such as: the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno, which is today the largest and most modern complex for events in Italy; then we have wonderful theaters like the Farnese in Parma or historical discos that have marked the most recent musical styles.

Lose yourself then among the notes that Emilia Romagna can play in the streets or at important festivals and enjoy all the possible emotions.

I try to give the right tribute with the words and I hope to be forgiven where the writing does not arrive, but certain things must be seen, breathed and lived.
The first thing you will notice is that in Bologna there are a lot of people, with so many nuances of skin and tongue, so you will hear chaotic and market noises;
Then come the smells that mix between the most contrasting, those of a city always on the move and those of the ovens with their hot bread and freshly cut Mortadella;
For the view you will have to bend your neck up and lose your gaze among km of columns and arches that compose the long portici, even higher you will see towers and statues that dominate the city for some years and have seen a lot more people than us ;
As for hearing, there is a particular tradition that only here you will meet and that makes Bologna La ‘Dotta’; Freedom of thought is exercised here, and for those who are not familiar with this concept, it means that you could see ordinary people in the famous Piazza Maggiore climb onto a small stool and talk surrounded by people who will listen to it civilly until they rest their feet on the square again. ;
In Bologna you are not only hungry for food, even though here there is one of the best cuisines in the world, but you are hungry for culture and knowledge, the first University, still frequented by students, even foreigners, who fill places like Piazza Verdi simply on the ground with beer, cigarettes, guitar and some discussion ready to unleash people;
Like every Italian city, even Bologna has its churches, but since she likes to exaggerate, she has seven in one located in Piazza Santo Stefano.
This city can be explored from many points of view and geographical points: look at it from the hill of San Luca, with the longest portico in the world, or from the river those who pass under it and that, if skilled, you can find coming out from the streets, but certainly the view that deserves the most is that from the Torre degli Asinelli that allows you to see the design of the city and detach from its chaos, discussions and even the smell of Mortadella.
There is a very beautiful and powerful concept here: Freedom. You can understand it from the diversity of nightclubs and socially engaged places that leave the maximum recognition to free expression.
So very freely get lost in the streets of Bologna and get ready for an all-round and unique experience.